The Department of Health & Human Services has cut $42 million from the Hospital Preparedness Program for the rest of fiscal year 2011, according to an AHA News Now news report.
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What an honor it would be to speak to a graduating class of healthcare management students and talk about the realities of our work. I would itemize all the skills I think they need to practice in this challenging world. My points,…
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Walgreens announced today they have entered into an agreement designed to develop protocols to improve outcomes of chronic disease patients and promote collaboration on population-based research, according to a release.
University of California registered nurses and university administration have reached a tentative settlement on a new 26-month collective bargaining agreement, according to a National Nurses United news release.
Salem (Ohio) Community Hospital and its nurses' union recently signed a new three-year contract, according to a Salem News report.
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Nurses at Hibbing, Minn.-based Fairview Range Regional Health Services rejected a mediated offer and authorized a strike, according to a Minnesota Nurses Association news release.
In an age of iPads and iPhones, access to information is easier than ever before. Because of increased access, however, hospitals need to be more careful than ever in securing their data. While every organization faces the challenge of securing…
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association and more than 80 of its member hospitals have settled a class action lawsuit alleging the hospitals fixed the pay of temporary nurses hired through per diem agencies for $22.5 million, according to a…
A California Superior Court judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit that was filed to halt construction of Sutter Health's planned $284 million hospitals just north of Santa Rosa, Calif., according to a North Bay Business Journal news report.
A legislative committee that is responsible for Louisiana's annual construction budget has stripped $900 million in borrowing authority that had previously been committed to a planned $1.2 billion public hospital in New Orleans, according to a KLFY news report.